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partment of the national Government was repre- 

 sented the executive by the President and his 

 Cabinet and many officials of the civil service, 

 the legislative by Senators and Representatives, 

 the judiciary by the United States Supreme 

 Court, and the military and naval services by 

 officers of all ranks. Then his comrades, led by 

 Admiral Dewey, laid him to rest at Arlington. 

 In personal appearance Admiral Sampson was 

 slender but straight as a column, and, until ill- 

 ness bent him down, he looked much taller than 

 he was. He never seemed strong, but his consti- 

 tution was equal to almost any demand upon it. 

 It has been said of him that " he was always 

 dignified and reserved, never pompous or severe. 

 He never cringed to his seniors, and never was 

 familiar with his juniors, though he always rec- 

 ognized their abilities in a quiet way. He never 

 lost his temper or said or did a mean thing in 

 his official life. Sampson was always perfectly 

 ool and imperturbable in a tight place, master 

 of every situation in which he found himself. 

 He was a good disciplinarian ; but no naval officer, 

 while maintaining proper discipline, ever said or 

 did fewer harsh things than Sampson. He talked 

 little, and when he spoke it was always in few 

 words and directly to the point. A clearer, more 

 logical mind than his could not be imagined." 

 Admiral Sampson's first wife was Margaret, 

 daughter of David S. Aldrich, of Palmyra, N. Y. 

 Their children were five daughters: Margaret, 

 who married Lieut. Roy C. Smith of the navy; 

 Catharine, who married Lieut. Richard H. Jack- 

 son of the navy; Susan Aldrich, who died in 

 childhood; Hannah, who married Lieut. W. T. 

 Cluverius of the navy; and Olive, who married 

 Lieut. Henry H. Scott of the army. His second 

 wife was Miss Elizabeth Burling, of Rochester, 

 N. Y., by whom he had three sons: William, who 

 died in infancy, Ralph Earle, and Harold Burling. 



Saunders, Frederick, librarian, born in Lon- 

 don, England, Aug. 14, 1807; died in New'York, 

 Dec. 12, 1902. He came to the United States 

 in 1837, and established a branch of his father's 

 London publishing house, for the purpose of 

 issuing American editions of their own publi- 

 cations and to seek the protection of an inter- 

 national copyright law, which failed. Mr. Saun- 

 ders was for some time city editor of the Even- 

 ing Post. He was widely known in connection 

 with the Astor Library, having been assistant li- 

 brarian in 1859-76, and librarian in 1876-'96. 

 He was a frequent contributor to magazines and 

 reviejvs. His separate publications inchide Mem- 

 oirs of the Great Metropolis, or London from 

 the Tower to the Crystal Palace (1852); New 

 York in a Nutshell (1853); Salad for the Soli- 

 tary by an Epicure (1853); Salad for the Social 

 (1856); Pearls of Thought, Religious and Philo- 

 sophical, Gathered from Old Authors (1858); 

 Mosaics (1859); Festival of Song (1866); About 

 Women, Love, and Marriage (1868); Evenings 

 with the Sacred Poets (1869); Pastime Papers 

 (1885); Story of Some Famous Books (1887); 

 Stray Leaves of Literature ; Memoirs of the Great 

 Metropolis ; Character Studies ; Stories of the Dis- 

 covery of the New World by Columbus, etc. He 

 was also editor of Homes of American Authors 

 (1853), and, with Henry T. Tuckerman, Our Na- 

 tional Centennial Jubilee (1877). 



Schoeborn, August, architect, born in Ger- 

 many about 1827; died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 

 25, 1902. He settled in Wisconsin in 1849, later 

 he removed to Washington, D. C., and entered the 

 office of the architect of the Capitol, where he re- 

 mained until his death. During the civil war he 

 prepared maps and plans for Gen. McDowell, as 



well as plans for forts, barracks, hospitals, etc., 

 for the quartermaster-general's office. 



Schuetze, William Henry, naval officer, born 

 in Missouri; died in Washington, D. C., April 4, 

 1902. He was graduated at the Naval Academy 

 in 1867 ; entered the navy as cadet midshipman, 

 June 21, 1869; promoted to midshipman, May 31, 

 1873; ensign, July 16, 1874; master, Nov. 30, 

 1878; junior lieutenant, March 3, 1883; lieuten- 

 ant, Oct. 2, 1885; and lieutenant-commander, 

 March 3, 1899. He went on an expedition to the 

 Lena delta, and brought back the bodies of those 

 who perished in the De Long expedition. In 1882 

 he was sent again to Northern Siberia by the 

 State Department to distribute presents among 

 the natives in return for their kindness to the 

 De Long party. He was on duty at the Navy 

 Department in 1886-'87 ; and was superintendent 

 of compasses in 1888-'89. During the war against 

 Spain in 1898 he was navigator of the battle-ship 

 Iowa, and in 1902 he was on duty at the Bureau 

 of Equipment. 



Scott, George Robert White, clergyman, 

 born in Pittsburg, Pa., about 1842; died in Ber- 

 lin, Germany, Sept. 14, 1902. He studied at Mid- 

 dlebury College and at Andover Theological Sem- 

 inary, and held pastorates in Congregational 

 churches in Boston, Mass., Newport, N. H., and 

 Fitchburg, Mass. Later he went to Europe to 

 study, and settled in Berlin, where he remained 

 seven years. On his return he became pastor of 

 the First Congregational Church in Leominster, 

 Mass., where he remained till 1896, when he re- 

 moved to Newton. He was author of The Italian 

 Renaissance of To-day and a memoir of Prof. 

 Park, and a contributor to religious periodicals. 



Scribner, William Marshall, penman, born 

 in Waterboro, Me., in 1824; died in Chicago, 111., 

 Jan. 15, 1902. He lived many years in Boston; 

 took an active part in educational work in the 

 West; and became widely known as the author 

 of a system of penmanship copy-books bearing 

 his name. 



Scudder, Horace Elisha, author, born in 

 Boston, Mass., Oct. 16, 1838; died in Cambridge, 

 Mass., Jan.- 11, 1902. He was graduated at Wil- 

 liams College in 1858; for three years he taught 

 a school in Brooklyn, N. Y., and later edited the 

 Riverside Magazine for Young People. On the 

 discontinuance of the magazine he became a mem- 

 ber of the publishing house of Kurd & Houghton, 

 but presently retired from the business depart- 

 ment to devote himself to literary pursuits. He 

 remained connected with the house after it be- 

 came the Boston establishment of Houghton & 

 Mifflin, and from 1890 to 1898 was editor of the 

 Atlantic Monthly. He wrote much for younger 

 readers, with whom his books were popular, but 

 was also known in the wider field of general 

 literature. His works include Seven Little 

 People and their Friends (1862); Dream Chil- 

 dren (1863); Life and Letters of David Coit 

 Scudder, Missionary in India (1864); The Game 

 of Croquet: Its Appointment and Laws (1866); 

 Stories from my Attic (1869); Doings of the 

 Bodley Family in Town' and Country (1875); 

 The Dwellers in Five-Sisters Court, a novel (1876) ; 

 Recollections of Samuel Breck (edited) (1877); 

 The Bodleys Telling Stories (1877): The Bodleys 

 on Wheels (1878); The Bodleys Afoot (1879); 

 Stories wnd Romances (1880) ; Mr. Bodley Abroad 

 (1880) ; Boston Town (1881) ; The Bodley Grand- 

 children and their Journey in Holland (1882); 

 Noah Webster, a biography (1882); The Eng- 

 lish Bodley Family (1883) ; The Viking Bodleys: 

 An Excursion into Norway and Denmark (1884); 

 A History of the United States of America 



